26 March 2015Dairy profitability – Mar ’15 As the 2014/15 milk year draws to a close, the latest figures from Friesian Farm show that the coming 12 months look set...
26 March 2015Dairy Update – Mar ’15 Global Markets The GDT auction price took a substantial step backwards at the latest sale on the 17th March. After...
25 March 2015CSS Priority Statements Those wishing to apply to the new Countryside Stewardship Scheme (CSS) can now see the local 'Statements of Priorities'. All...
25 March 2015Rural grants available. One of the strands of the Rural Development Programme for England (RDPE) is the Growth Programme. As the name suggests,...
25 March 2015BP5 Form Published Following the announcement that 2015 Basic Payment applications would be made on paper the RPA has published the blank BP5...
19 March 2015Budget 2015 The Chancellor, George Osborne unveiled his 6th Budget on the 18th March. With less than two months to go until...
19 March 2015Commission Allows BPS Extension The European Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan has today (19th March) confirmed that Member States will be allowed an extension to...
19 March 2015BPS Online System Abandoned The RPA has announced the on-line Rural Payments system will not be used for this year's BPS applications. Apart from...
18 March 2015Farm Practices Survey The Farm Practices Survey, conducted in October asked over 6,000 farmers about their understanding of the BPS Greening rules and...
18 March 2015BPS Extension Possible Obviously the problems with the Rural Payments system are ongoing (still no mapping functionality as of today). It is reported...
18 March 2015Countryside Stewardship Funding DEFRA has announced that £7.2 million will be available to assist farmers wanting to work together on landscape-scale Countryside Stewardship...
12 March 2015BPS Mapping Guide The long awaited clarification on mapping grass margins has finally arrived and, as hoped, there will be no requirement to map grass...
9 March 2015Relaxation in GAEC 7 rules in Scotland After lobbying from NFU Scotland, the Scottish Government has relaxed the rules around cultivations within 2m of a hedge. The...
9 March 2015Countryside Productivity Scheme Detailed guidance on Countryside Productivity grants has now been published online (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/countryside-productivity-scheme). There are two types of grants. Small grants,...
5 March 2015Welsh SAF 2015 Rules Booklet The Welsh Government has published their '2015 Single Application Rules Booklet'. Although payment regions and the transitional period are still...
3 March 2015Arable Outlook- February We have commented in previous months how there is lots of wheat and barley the in UK to export this...
2 March 2015December Survey – Livestock The results from the December Survey of Agriculture for the UK and each of the devolved regions have now been...
26 February 2015Active Farmer Scotland The Scottish Statutory Instrument (SSI) on CAP rules has been laid before Parliament, the SSI includes further details about Active...
26 February 20152015 Meat Market Following the AHDB’s annual conference in February, it has released its latest forecasts for 2015 and 2016. Beef Ascan be...
26 February 2015Long Term Arable Prospects The USDA has published its annual long-term projections for the agricultural sector. The report shows positive demand and trade in...
25 February 2015RDPEUpdate Following the approval of the RDPE programme, DEFRA have published another CAP Update covering funding under Pillar 2 - Rural...
25 February 2015BPS Updates Guidance RPA has published the final guidance handbook for the 2015 Basic Payment Scheme. This booklet incorporates and, in some...
25 February 2015Welsh CAP Update Following the judicial review to abandon the Moorland region it seems that the Welsh Government has fallen even further behind...
25 February 2015Pig Unit Refused The Environment Agency has rejected an application for an Environmental Permit for a planned large scale pig farm at Foston,...
